SELF-ESTEEM AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR RESILIENCE

Adolescence, the period of transition from childhood to adulthood, is a critical period of human development. Nurmi (2001) viewed adolescence as a distinct period of adjustment in which a teenager has to face rapid physical, cognitive and social changes. Present paper is an attempt to study self-esteem among adolescents in relation to their resilience. Self-esteem reflects a person 's overall emotional evaluation of his or her own worth. It is a judgement of oneself as well as an attitude toward the self. Resilience refers to the ability to bounce back and overcome the stress or successful adaptation to the challenging and threatening circumstances/ environment. A sample of 200 adolescents has been selected randomly from senior secondary schools of Barnala district of Punjab in which 100 are male and 100 are female. Significance of the difference and correlation are used to find out the results. Findings of the present study reveal that there are significant gender differences in self-esteem among adolescents. Self-esteem is positively related with resilience of adolescents.